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Report Download Low-Impact Renewable Energy Policy in Canada: Strengths, Gaps and a Path Forward February, 2003 Prepared by: Andrew Pape-Salmon Jonathan Dogterom Carissa Wieler Mark Anielski Pembina Institute About the Pembina Institute The Pembina Institute is an independent, citizen-based organization involved in environmental education, research, public policy development and client-confidential environmental consulting services. Its mandate is to develop and promote policies and practices that lead to environmental protection, resource conservation and environmentally sound and sustainable energy and resource management. The mission of the Pembina Institute is to implement holistic and practical solutions for a sustainable world. Incorporated in 1985, the Institute’s head office is in Drayton Valley, Alberta, with offices in Ottawa and Calgary, and research associates in Edmonton, Vancouver and other locations across Canada. For more information on the Pembina Institute’s work, and details of the capabilities and services offered, please visit www.pembina.org. About the Authors Andrew Pape-Salmon is the Director of Sustainable Energy at the Pembina Institute. He is a professional engineer and resource manager with a focus on sustainable energy policy, low-impact renewable energy technologies and community energy planning. He has led several sustainable energy policy advocacy efforts in Canada and has authored several related reports, including, “A Smart Electricity Policy for Alberta,” available free of charge on the Pembina Institute Web site. (For further information about the report, please contact the author at [email protected].) He has worked extensively on the implementation of low-impact renewable energy and energy efficiency at a community level with First Nations and small municipal government partners in Alberta, British Columbia and the Yukon. He is also a Director with the Canadian Wind Energy Association. Jonathan Dogterom is a Sustainable Energy Analyst with the Pembina Institute. His primary focus is on renewable energy policy and project assessment for corporations and communities. In previous work experience, Jonathan established international certification for Canada’s first large-scale wind turbine for remote applications, and has been involved with power electronic research and development for small wind and solar applications. Carissa Wieler is a researcher with the Eco-Solutions Group. Using her biology and environmental science background, she conducts research and analysis in areas of renewable energy, life cycle value assessment, and corporate sustainability performance. Mark Anielski is the Managing Director of Sustainability Measurement at the Pembina Institute. He provides strategic advice and conducts applied research on ecological economics, genuine progress indicator accounting, sustainable development accounting, ecological tax reform and full-cost pricing. Mark’s expertise encompasses government business planning, performance measurement, natural capital accounting, ecological economics, land-use planning and the re-design of the international system of national accounts to incorporate social, human and natural capital. Acknowledgements The Pembina Institute would like to acknowledge the financial support of the Canadian International Development Agency for preparing this report through the Canadian-India Energy Efficiency Project. This project is being managed by the International Institute for Sustainable Development under the direction of Stephan Barg, who contributed toward the content of this paper. We would also like to acknowledge input from Darren Swanson and Stuart Slayen of IISD. Low-Impact Renewable Energy Policy in Canada: Strengths, Gaps and a Path Forward ii Pembina Institute About this Paper This paper was prepared as input to the TERI-Canada Energy Efficiency Project, a collaborative effort among the Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) in India, and Canada’s International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development. The TERI- Canada project was launched in 1999 with support from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) with one objective being the promotion of Green Budget Reform (GBR). GBR aims to contribute to sustainable development at the national level, both in Canada and in India. GBR focuses on how government’s taxation and expenditure plans can work to better support more efficient use of energy, improvement of local environmental conditions and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Policy research is underway in India and Canada. Specific GBR efforts include the development of a policy framework for energy sustainability assessment, the full-cost-pricing of electricity generation and estimating the impacts of scenarios of carbon emissions regulation on different income groups. Low-Impact Renewable Energy Policy in Canada: Strengths, Gaps and a Path Forward iii Pembina Institute Executive Summary Low-impact renewable energy (LIRE) is a category of reliable source of energy sources, including wind, sun, biomass and moving water, that can provide a large proportion of Canada’s energy needs. LIRE costs are predictable and stable because the renewable energy resources are available and non-depletable. The utilization of LIRE technologies does not negatively impact on human health and environmental integrity. In fact, the introduction of LIRE in the energy system can reduce existing environmental and health impacts by displacing polluting sources of energy such as fossil fuels. Canada has made some progress towards diversifying its energy supply through the use of LIRE sources, but this process would be significantly accelerated through a comprehensive set of new policies and programs. This policy discussion paper covers lessons learned in Canada regarding renewable energy policy. Canada has vast amounts of renewable energy resources yet it is falling behind most industrialized nations in the expansion of LIRE due to a lack of supporting market structures and the absence of appropriate government policies. North America initiated the development and implementation of renewable energy in the early 1970s. Today, the new low-impact renewable energy industry (i.e., not including large hydro-electric power stations and biomass for wood stoves) has an annual turnover worldwide of about US$7 billion. This industry is expected to grow to $82 billion by the year 2010. The European Union (EU) has been one of the most progressive entities in its support of LIRE. Globally, Europe is at the forefront of the majority of LIRE developments. Significant employment is associated with the LIRE industries in the EU, encompassing several hundred companies, mainly small and medium-sized enterprises in primary assembling/manufacturing. The Canadian federal government has played a leadership role in advancing LIRE research, development, demonstration and commercialization programs. In 2002, it launched the CDN$260 million Wind Power Production Incentive and $50 million Market Incentive Program for renewable energy marketing programs. In addition, it has one of the largest “green-power procurement” programs in North America with an intention to purchase 20 per cent of its electricity supply from LIRE sources. This was instrumental in supporting a 47 per cent growth rate for wind power in 2001. Previous federal government initiatives, including the Renewable Energy Deployment Initiative, have had limited impact because of small budgets or limited scope. Federal government partnerships with other governments are paving the way toward substantial policy development. For example, the partnership with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities through the Green Municipal Enabling and Investment Fund is resulting in multiple investments in renewable energy. In some provinces and territories, notably the Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec and Nova Scotia, provinces and regulated utilities are also providing significant support for “green energy.” Of the barriers to the implementation of LIRE in Canada highlighted in this report, the lack of pricing for environmental and human health “externalities” is considered the most significant. The energy marketplace includes several environmental and social externalities, defined as those costs and benefits that do not have a direct financial value but have indirect financial and/or social costs. Externalities include environmental impacts of energy production and consumption such as greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, toxic wastes, local air pollutants, watershed impacts and human health impacts, among others. There are no well-established markets for GHG emissions, clean air or water as of yet and thus no financial cost for their production. Low-Impact Renewable Energy Policy in Canada: Strengths, Gaps and a Path Forward iv Pembina Institute Without such price signals, energy projects that produce environmental impacts, such as new coal or large hydro power plants, may be subsidized by the public through public funds into environmental clean-up, healthcare or other programs. To add to that, the lack of price signals means that LIRE projects are not rewarded financially for their environmental benefits. A series of response mechanisms are proposed in this paper to address the barriers. These include the following: • increasing government funding support for research, development, demonstration and commercial programs for LIRE, with an emphasis on expanding the technology and market scope of
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